Belt



March 18, 1947. E NASSIMBENE 2,417,512

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ERNEST NASSI M BENE INVFJVTR.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 18, 1947 i UNITED BELT Ernest Nassimbena Denver, Colo., assignor to Gates Rubber Company,

ration of Colorado Denver, Colo., a corpo- Application February 13,` 1943, SerialNo. 475,834 i (CLM-233) i t 3 claims.

This invention relates to improvements in belts and has reference more particularly to an improved `construction of the V-type side driving belts.

Belts for` the transmission of power are constantlyilexed and straightened as they pass over and between the co-operating pulleys. The flexure of the belts' as they pass around the pulleys has a tendency to Ycompress the body inside of the neutral axis and to cause the same to alter its shape. This vconstant deformation of the material tends to heat it and also t produce abnormal pressures between the belt and the sides of thepulley, thereby generating a large amount of heat and increasing the Vwear on the sides of the belt. The amount of heat generated and the amount of pressure produced increase with the hardness of the material and the heat in turn tends to increase the hardness, thereby producing a progressive deterioration of the belt material which shortens its life.

l,It is the object of this invention to produce a belt of the type indicated, which shall have greater flexibility than the ordinary belts of this type and which will generate less heat per unit of power transmitted than similar belts now in common use.

The increased flexibility and the consequent decrease in the amount of heat generated reduces the factors that tend to destroy the belts and therefore prolong their lives.

Another object of this invention is to produce the effects pointed out above Without changing the outside appearance of the belt or the molds and machines now employed in the manufacture of similar belts.

The above and other objects that may become apparent as this descriptlon proceeds are attained by means of a construction and an arrangement of parts that will now be described in detail, andfor this purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which the inventlon has been illustrated in its preferred form, and in which:

Figure 1 is a cross section showing one speciilc type of belt constructed invention;

Figure 2 is a cross section of a belt of a, slightly Y different form; and

Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the belt.

Referring now more it will be seen thatthe belt consists of a transverse layer E of substantially inextensible cords.

show further modifications in accordance with this,

particularly to Figure `1,v

as formed that illustrated in shown as outwardly convex.

, 2 r the neutral axis of the belt The cord layer may be formed from several superposed layers of rubberized cord fabric, although only a single layer has been indicated in the drawings. On the outside of the cord layer is a layer of rubber composition B which is of a hardness commonly employed as the outer layer of belts of this. construction. Located on the inside ofthe cord layer is another layer of` rubber composition which has beenindicated `by reference numeral 1. Layers `6 and 1 may be of substantially the same hardness. although in some instances it may be desirable to have layer 'l of slightly less hardness than layer 8. Positioned on the inside of layer 'l is an inner layer 8 of rubbe`r-like material and this is so compounded as to be appreciably softer than the composition in layers 6 and 1. In the specific embodiment shown in Figure 1, the inner surface has been illustrated from three annular strips t, l@ and il separated by grooves or depressions I2. Such a belt is well adapted to transmit power between a atsurface pulley and a grooved pulley and belts of this particular cross sectional shape are often employed in that manner.

The belt illustrated in Figure 2 sliders from Figure 1, principally in this, that the cord layer 5, as well as the inner and outer surfaces, are transversely straight. The outer layer 6, the intermediate layer l and the innerlayer 8, have the same relationship as to `hardness as those employed in the construction illustrated in Figure 1.

The belt illustrated in Figure 3 diilers from that illustrated in Figure l, principally in this. that the grooves I2 have been omitted, leaving the inner surface .transversely straight.

The construction `shown in Figure Il is similar to that shown in Figure 2 and diii'ers therefrom merely in the widthof the belt.

This layer is positioned at what may be termed It is evident from the above that the specific shape of the belt can be altered materially, but

in any case the inner layer 8 is composed ol a rubber-like composition that is materially softer than that employed in the layers t and i and which is therefore more readily compressible than the said layers. The result of employing this softer composition is that due to its greater rienibility, less energy will be consumed in iieim'ar-l ing it as it is bent around the pulleys and due to the decrease in energy a corresponding decrease in the amount of Vheat generated also results therefrom. i i

The belt may be covered on its outer surface by and in Figure litris .like material of bodies 1 and 8 are free from woven fabric as well as fibers extending transversely thereof. Belts of the construction shown and described above have been found to have a vlonger life than belts of a similar construction in which the entire inner body of the belt, represented by the two layers 1 and 8, are of the same hardness as the layer 1. As above pointed out, the increased life is believed to be due principally to the fact that less heat is generated during operation as it is well known that heat reduces the useful life of belts.

The greater iiexibiilty of the inner layer serves to exert a lesser pressure against the sides of the pulley during the deformation and this in turn reduces the amount of wear along the inner edges of the belt and thus prevents the belt from wearing excessively and as a result of this the driving stresses are more uniformly distributed over the entire area of the friction surfaces.

For practical reasons only two layers 1 and 8 have been shown on the inside of the cord layer. Theoretically, a large number of thin layers increasing in softness towards the inner surface would be preferable, the ideal being a body that decreases in hardness uniformly toward the inner surface. Such a body would not have the sharp line of demarcation of a two part body.

In Figure 5, a belt constructed as described in the paragraph next above, has been illustrated. Instead of a single layer 8, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, six layers have been shown and designated as 8, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85. The layers increase in softness from 1 to 85.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A belt of the edge driving V-type having a layer of substantially inextensible cords, an outer layer of readily bendable rubber-like composition and an inner body of rubber-like composition, formed from a plurality of layers, the hardness of the material in the layers inside of the layer of cords decreasing towards the inner surface of the belt, the resistance to forces tending to deform the. belt decreasing progressively from the cord layer to the inner surface 'of the belt.

2. A belt of the edge driving V-type comprising a body, having a layer of substantially inextensible cords, an outer layer of readily bendable rubber-like composition, a layer directly inside of the cord layer and formed from rubberlike composition having substantially the same hardness as the outer layer, and an innermost layer of rubber-like composition of substantially less hardness than the layers adjacent the cord layer, which will deform more readily when subjected to compressive strains while passing around a pulley than the outer layer.

3. A belt of the edge driving V-type comprising four layers of material, one of which is composed of substantially inextenslble cords, a layer of readily bendable rubber-like composition on the outer surface of the cord layer, a layer of rubber-like composition on the inside of the cord layer, the two layers of rubber-like composition being of substantially the same hardness, and an innermost layer of rubber-like composition of less hardness than the other two, the innermost layer yielding more readily to the distorting forces produced when the belt passes around a pulley than either of the other two.

ERNEST NASSIMBENE.

' REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

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